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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of crime was Leo arrested for?
(a) Sexual crime.
(b) Murder.
(c) Political crime.
(d) Vandalism.

2. Rand suggests that a culture should be judged by which of the following?
(a) Its dominant philosophy.
(b) Its most intelligent people.
(c) Its least intelligent people.
(d) Its number of high-profile careers.

3. What does Attila need protection from?
(a) Reality.
(b) Intellectualism.
(c) Morality.
(d) Happiness.

4. Rand states that the only tools of cognition are not which of the following?
(a) Negative feelings.
(b) Emotions.
(c) Logical thoughts.
(d) Weapons.

5. What does Rand believe capitalism wiped out?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Morality.
(c) Slavery.
(d) Hard work.

6. Andrei viewed citizens in what way?
(a) As leeches.
(b) As angry mobs.
(c) As piles of flesh.
(d) As worker ants.

7. What does Rand describe socialism as a revolt against?
(a) Emotion.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Capitalism.

8. Rand states that collectivism is dead in which country?
(a) France.
(b) Japan.
(c) Greece.
(d) USA.

9. What does Rand describe as being man's only tool of knowledge?
(a) Physical strength.
(b) Eagerness.
(c) The mind.
(d) Happiness.

10. What did Kant allegedly close philosophy to?
(a) Reason.
(b) Emotion.
(c) Logic.
(d) Morality.

11. Freedom and philosophy first arose in which setting, according to Rand?
(a) Renaissance Europe.
(b) Ancient Rome.
(c) Ancient Greece.
(d) Soviet Russia.

12. In a dying society, how many choices does Rand say individuals have?
(a) One.
(b) Too many to count.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

13. The goal of this book is to do which of the following, according to Rand?
(a) Remind readers of a past warning.
(b) Alarm Americans.
(c) Share a fictional story for pleasure.
(d) Present new information.

14. Who does Rand describe as a soldier of liberty?
(a) Average citizen.
(b) Politician.
(c) Businessman.
(d) Teacher.

15. What country does Rand believe is deluding itself?
(a) France.
(b) Russia.
(c) United States of America.
(d) Spain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rand state that capitalism is incompatible with?

2. What kind of relationship does Rand describe the archetypes Attila and Witch Doctor as having?

3. What adjective does Rand use to describe the USA's founding fathers?

4. What kind of revolution is needed, according to Rand?

5. Kira asks Andrei what it feels like to be treated like which of the following?

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